fix(recovery): let preservation owners reopen retained sources (#17053)

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Recovery must save retained workspace files before ordinary
execution can resume.
> - The environment runtime blocks access to retained sources to prevent
unsafe reuse or deletion.
> - The recovery worker also used that ordinary resume path.
> - The guard returned no lease, so recovery reported an invalid source
binding before it could save files.
> - This pull request gives the physical preservation owner a separate,
source-bound resume path.
> - Ordinary execution and destructive cleanup keep their existing
guards.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #16965.

**What happened?**

A retained workspace with a workspaceRestoreRecovery marker could not
recover through the real environment runtime. The runtime returned null
before calling the provider. Recovery classified this as
source_binding_invalid. Earlier recovery fixtures replaced the runtime
facade, so they did not exercise this guard.

**Expected behavior**

The verified preservation owner can reopen its exact stopped allocation
to save files. Other callers remain blocked. Recovery preserves newer
local files and does not start another agent or repeat a completed
external action.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Seed a terminal source run with a retained sandbox, a recovery
action, and the workspaceRestoreRecovery lease marker.
2. Give the source a verified stop receipt.
3. Call recoverRetainedWorkspace through environmentRuntimeService.
4. Before this change, the recovery action returns to blocked with
source_binding_invalid. No files are copied.

**Paperclip version or commit**

Reproduced on master at 65f59e339a. The
same failure was observed in a served build containing #16965.

## What Changed

- Add an internal preservation resume method. It validates the exact
company, task, run, action, lease, environment, current physical owner,
and stop-only cleanup claim before provider access.
- Keep ordinary resume and destructive cleanup blocked for protected
sources.
- Run all retained-workspace fixtures through the assembled environment
runtime. Add a failing-before/passing-after protected-source regression
and four rejection cases.
- Use the same runtime path and protection marker in the opt-in Daytona
interruption probe. Allow a verified immutable snapshot UUID as its
input.
- Document the authority boundary and verification recipes.

## Verification

- Red: the protected-source regression failed with expected recovered,
received blocked. It recorded source_binding_invalid before provider
resume.
- Green: 235 tests passed across workspace recovery, durable task Retry,
and environment runtime. These include saved files, newer local files,
bounded retries, competing owners, and no extra run or wake.
- pnpm -r typecheck and pnpm build passed. The initial sandboxed
typecheck could not open a tsx IPC pipe; the same command passed with
local process access.
- node scripts/check-maps.mjs and git diff --check passed.
- Live Daytona qualification passed using the same immutable snapshot ID
as the affected deployment. Export was interrupted after a real
download; a second controller restored the files and verified one
original agent start, one simulated external action, one saved snapshot,
and a stopped retained source. The disposable sandbox was deleted after
verification.
- Greptile reviewed 804dfe24ef at 5/5 with
no actionable findings or unresolved review threads.
- Full current-commit CI passed:
https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/39540771747.
Required ci / verify and ci / e2e passed. Superagent, Socket, and Snyk
checks passed.
- Full local pnpm test:run did not pass: 22,992 tests passed, one
managed-run identity test timed out at 60 seconds, and 100 tests skipped
across the first general-server phase. The command stopped before its
later phases. The unchanged agent-identity.test.ts suite then passed all
11 tests in isolation in 15.53 seconds. The original timeout remains
recorded; it is not reclassified as a full local pass. The same commit's
complete CI test matrix passed.
- The optional Paperclip Review completed with a neutral advisory 5/5 on
the same head and no actionable findings. It inspected all eight changed
files and connected code. It did not independently run tests or the
provider probe.
- Hosted ordinary Retry recorded one durable intent and no successor run
while file preservation remained blocked. The existing published review
stayed unchanged. Hosted recovery remains unverified until this
follow-up is deployed. A Retry acknowledgement alone does not prove
recovery.

## Risks

- Recovery can reopen a retained sandbox. The dedicated path requires
the current physical ownership claim and the exact source's stop-only
intent. It does not clear the ordinary protection marker.
- Provider failures retain the source and use the existing bounded
recovery budget. The provider cannot substitute another allocation.
- The live probe uses a disposable sandbox and simulated
agent/external-effect counters. It does not prove a live LLM or GitHub
review journey.
- No schema, public API, permission, budget, pause, or approval changes.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with repository inspection, code execution,
browser verification, and test tools. The exact served model variant and
context window are not exposed by this session.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass (focused suites; full suite
still running)
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

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@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ The source recovery action holds a validated `systemRecovery` record. Its
revision and generation fence late bookkeeping writes. Physical exports still
use the existing workspace ownership lock and controller stop receipts.
The export owner can reopen its exact stopped sandbox through the environment
runtime's recovery path. This path checks the current source action, run,
environment, allocation, stop-only intent, and physical ownership claim before
calling the provider. The retained-source fence still blocks ordinary resume
and destruction. Recovery does not clear it to gain access to the saved files.
Execution containment and file preservation are independent facts:
- Another agent needs authoritative containment of the old executor.
@@ -113,6 +119,8 @@ Run the focused PostgreSQL/filesystem suites from `server/`:
`server/scripts/workspace-recovery-provider.test.mjs` is an opt-in controlled
Daytona probe. It requires `PAPERCLIP_RECOVERY_LIVE=1`, `DAYTONA_API_KEY`,
`PAPERCLIP_DAYTONA_SDK_PATH` and an immutable `PAPERCLIP_RECOVERY_IMAGE`.
An immutable provider snapshot UUID in `PAPERCLIP_RECOVERY_SNAPSHOT_ID` can
replace the image digest. The probe checks its ID and active state first.
It interrupts export,
joins the first controller, starts a second controller and verifies files,
preservation receipts, agent-start count and external-operation count before